The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-22

No. The committee upon the Grant mo
mortal was disappointed with isvex.
oeptton0. Among those appointed was
Capt. =. G Babb Of Minneapolis, Who win
take the place Of commander Rsa.
Additional appointments Of like charao.
Ter will be announced il Q few days. Sps.
cial attention 10 called to the order prohib.
iting the use Of Grand Army badges, or the
letters 9. A. r.. % . sign or advertisment
Tor any private business. Members OF the
order are requested to assist IN tho on.
forcement Of the above rule by III proper
and legitimate means.
Tho Minnesota leprosy Cases.
Tho Fergus Falls Journal publishes IN
article from correspondent at Rothsay,
Gently mentioned in the Pioneer Press are
supposed to exist. The correspondent Wis.
tied the families OF Christopher Kjono and
Bjorgen ShAldrup, the names OF tho par.
ties afflicted with disease, which in Norway
10 called "Spedalskhede." The CORE
spondent writes:
Kjono first exhibited traces OF leprosy at
the ago Of eighteen in Norway. He 10 now
iorty-five years OF age. At the age of thjr-
married to q woman similarly affected,
and is now described a. having . hairless
face and head. and destroyed palate, and
has suffered the partial loss Of his fingers.
In some districts in Norway, whore tho in.
habitarts live largely on fish diet,
tho disease 10 very common. It does
not partake OF the features OF
the leprosy referred to in tho Bible.
That It is not contagious 10 proved by tho
his wife nor young child has the slightest
trace OF tho disease which afflicts tho hus.
band and father. In Norway the families
afflicted are not isolated nor avoided by
their neighbors. I find that modern lep.
rosy is divided into two general classes,
viz: Elephantiasis tuberosa, and ele-
phantiasis an@thetica. The first of these
is manifest in the integument and the
mucous membrane. This variety in
il distinguished by the formation
oi tubercles under the skin, and liberation
OF the surface! This constitutes the lepro-
ey of the middle ages, and is found at the
present day in Iceland. Africa, East and
West Indies, and in many tropical islands.
The other variety is distinguished by affec
tions OF the nervous system, q consequent
absence OF sensibility on the general sur
face and the dropping off Of the fingers and
toes; The sub division distinguished par,
ticularly for tho latter effect, is termed
elephantiasis muttanso, joint evil.
This 10 tho spidalsk OF the Norwegian
fisherman and the form of leprosy import
ed into this country from Norway. 1t 10
tho opinion Of the doctors that many
forms OF disease now claimed as lepresy
will be distinguished by some more appro.
pirate name in the near future when tho
difference in their progress, in their charac-
ter. in their fatality and their powers OF
injection shall be more fully known. The
ancient leprosy of the Hebrews, owing to
its peculiar effects upon the skin, has been
termed by physicians leucaderma or
white skim" and regulated to the list
of skin diseases as have many other
cutaneous affections, tho nature OF which
has been established by modern inquiry.
Some OF those who have made the matter
in oil it's bearings q thorough study. claim
it to be hereditary: some ascribe it to tho
use OF putrid meats or fish; some lay it to
q lack of vegetable food and some to di.
rect contact with leprous alterations; some
consider filthy habits, insufficient food and
exposure to weather, both cold and damp,
necessary to become injected. All agree
that the eating of fish aggravates the dis
ease, and all concede that it 10 at present
incurable.